人教版八年级下册Unit 7 What’s the highest mountain in the world？ SectionA Reading课件(共34张PPT，内嵌音视频)

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SectionA Reading
Unit 7 What’s the highest mountain in the world？
Warming-up
Enjoy a video.
What's the video about
Qomolangma.
Brainstorm
Talk about the facts about Qomolangma.
It is the highest mountain in the world.
It is the most famous mountain of Himalayas.
It is one of the most popular places of Himalayas.
It is the most dangerous mountain in the world.
Of all the mountains in the Himalayas, Qomolangma is the highest. It looks like a Pyramid（金字塔）.
8844.43
Qomolangma
the Himalayas
south
west
The Himalayas run along the southwestern part of China.
贯穿
西南的
heavy snow
thick clouds
weather
conditions
freezing
hard to take in air
= hard to breathe
How about the weather conditions
succeed in climbing
(v.)
Even if it is dangerous, many people try to challenge themselves to achieve their dreams .
take in
achieve
challenge
thick
condition
freezing
southwestern
Words game
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Reading task1
Skim and predict.
What is the passage mainly about
A. something about Qomolangma
B. the dangers of mountain climbing
C. the dangers of mountain climbing in Qomolangma and what we can learn from the climbers
mountain climbers
Qomolangma — the Most Dangerous
Mountain in the World
Reading task2
Listen carefully and underline the words that show comparisons.
the most popular place
the most dangerous sport
the highest
the most famous
more serious difficulties
stronger
Read the article and match each paragraph with the main ideas.
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 3
Spirit of climbers
Achievements of climbers
Facts and dangers
3a
Reading task3
One of the world’s most dangerous sports is mountain climbing, and one of the most popular places for this is the Himalayas. The Himalayas run along the southwestern part of China. Of all the mountains, Qomolangma rises the highest and is the most famous. It is 8,844.43 meters high and so is very dangerous to climb. Thick clouds cover the top and snow can fall very hard. Even more serious difficulties include freezing weather conditions and heavy storms. It is also very hard to take in air as you get near the top.
Reading task4
Read para.1 and finish the tasks.
Answer the questions.
1. What a mountain is Himalayas
2.Where are the Himalayas
3. How high is Qomolangma
The Himalayas run along the southwestern part of China.
It's 8,844.43 meters high.
Task 1
It's one of the most popular places for mountain climbing.
List the dangers for climbers.
Task 2
The dangers for climbers.
thick clouds
heavy snow
freezing weather
conditions
heavy storms
hard to take in air
It's very dangerous to climb Qomolangma.
Reading task4
Read para.2 and finish the tasks.
The first people to reach the top were Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary on May 29,1953. The first Chinese team did so in 1960, while the first woman to succeed was Junko Tabei from Japan in 1975.
Read Para.2 and answer the questions.
How many achievements are mentioned(提及) What are they
Task 1
The first people-Tenzing Norgay
Edmund Hillary
The first Chinese team
The first woman-Junko Tabei
from Japan
Edmund Hillary& Tenzing Norgay
The first Chinese team
Junko Tabei
was the first woman to succeed in 1975.
made it in 1960.
were the first to reach the top
on May 29, 1953.
Read para.2 carefully and match.
Task 2
1953年5月29日，34岁来自新西兰的登山家埃德蒙·希拉里（Edmund Hillary）作为英国登山队队员与39岁的尼泊尔向导丹增·诺尔盖Tenzing Norgay 一起沿东南山脊路线登上珠穆朗玛峰，是纪录上第一个登顶成功的登山队伍。 ( 拍于 1953)
Reading task5
Read para.3 and finish the tasks.
Why do so many climbers risk their lives One of the main reasons is because people want to challenge themselves in the face of difficulties. The spirit of these climbers shows us that we should never give up trying to achieve our dreams. It also shows that humans can sometimes be stronger than the forces of nature.
People want to climb the mountain because they want to_________ themselves ___ ___ ____ ____difficulties. The _____ of these ________ shows us that we should never_____ _____ trying to _______ our dreams. It also shows that ________can sometimes be ________than the ________ of nature.
challenge
give
up
forces
achieve
in
the
face
of
stronger
humans
spirit
climbers
Read para.3 carefully and complete.
List the spirits of climbers.
1. challenge themselves in the face of difficulties.
2. never give up trying to achieve dreams.
3. be stronger than the forces of nature.
Read the article again and complete the chart.
Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3
List four dangers for climbers List three achievements List four comparisons
thick clouds 1953—Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary were the first to reach the top most dangerous sport
3b
it can snow
very hard
freezing
weather
conditions
heavy
storms
very hard
to breath as
you get
near the top
1960—The first Chinese team reached the top.
1975—Junko Tabei from Japan was the first woman to reach the top.
most popular
place
more serious
difficulties
stronger than
the forces of
nature
Answer the questions using information from the article.
1. Where are the Himalayas
2. How high is Qomolangma
3. Why do so many people try to climb this mountain even though it is dangerous
4. What does the spirit of the climbers tell us
They run along the southwestern part of China.
It is 8,844.43 meters high.
3c
Because they want to challenge themselves in the face of difficulties.
The spirit of the climbers tells us that we should never give up trying to achieve our dreams.
1.One of the world’s most dangerous sports is mountain climbing, …
“one of +the+形容词的最高级+复数名词”，意为“最……之一”。
Language points
eg:Miss Wang is one of the most popular
teachers in our school.
王老师是我们学校最受欢迎的老师之
一。
2.Even more serious difficulties include
freezing weather conditions and heavy storms.
difficulty既可作可数名词也可作不可数名词，在此用作可数名词。做可数名词时，difficulty常用作复数，表示具体概念，即：各种各样的“困难; 难事; 难题”。作不可数名词时，difficulty可译作“困难；艰难；辛苦；费劲”。
eg:People may face some difficulties when they learn a new language.
人们学习一门新的语言时可能会遇到一些困难。
We found the house without difficulty.
我们轻而易举的找到了那座房子。
It is + adj. + to do sth.，it作形式主语放在句首，而把真正的主语放在句尾。常用于此句型的形容词有important, difficult, dangerous, necessary, useful, possible等，用来对to do sth.进行说明。此句型可以转换成To do sth. is + adj.。
3.It is also very hard to take in air as you get near the top.
e.g. It is important to study English well.
学好英语很重要。
It’s very difficult to climb Qomolangma.
攀登珠穆朗玛峰很难。
give up 意为“放弃”,后面可以接名词、代词或动名词作宾语。如果宾语是名词,那么名词可以放在 give 和 up 之间,也可以放在 up 之后;如果宾语是代词,那么代词只能放在 give 和 up 之间。
4.The spirit of these climbers shows us that we should never give up trying to achieve our dreams.
e.g. My uncle wants to give up drinking wine.
我叔叔想戒酒。
Although English isn’t easy to learn,I won’t
give it up.虽然英语不易学,但我不会放弃。
even though用作从属连词,意为“即使;尽管”,相当于even if,引导让步状语从句,不与并列连词but连用。
5.Why do so many people try to climb this mountain even though it is dangerous
e.g. Mr. Wang will come on time even though it rains.尽管下雨，但王老师会按时来。
Even if you are with your friends,it is better to keep your voice down in public places.即使你与朋友在一起,在公共场合也不要大声喧哗。
1. 登山
2. 世界上最危险的运动之一
3. 覆盖顶部
4. 包括
5. 第一批到达山顶的人
6. 成功登顶的第一个女人
翻译下列的短语。
mountain climbing
one of the most dangerous sports
cover the top
include
the first people to reach the top
the first woman to succeed
Phrases summary
risk their lives
challenge oneself
the face of difficulties
never give up trying
achieve our dreams
the forces of nature
7.冒生命危险
8. 挑战自己
9. 面对困难
10. 永不放弃做某事
11. 完成我们的梦想
12. 自然地力量
Qomo-langma
Facts and dangers
Achievements of climbers
1.the Himalayas ____________
2.Qomolangma ____________
Spirits of climbers
dangers
1. thick clouds (cover); 2. snow (can fall) hard; 3.freezing weather conditions; 4.heavy storms;
1953 -
1960 -
1975 -
On one hand, we should _____________. On the other hand, humans can sometimes ___________________.
Facts
Summary
Main content about the passage.
Many people … in reaching the top even though it is … .
shows that we should never… .
most dangerous sports
run along...
most popular places
rises …
so…
why
Because they want to… difficulties
Spirit of climbers
It also shows that we humans can
Sometimes be stronger than …
Retelling time
Retell the passage according to the key words.
step by step, I can get to the top.
You will never know what you can do if you don’t try. But as long as you do, you will find, anything can come true.